English Explanatory Dictionary

mudfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of many fish that frequent muddy water or burrow in mud, of numerous species, including:
  2. All species of Neochanna
  3. Clarias spp., including Clarias anguillaris, Clarias gariepinus, Clarias agboyiensis, Clarias leviceps
  4. Channa striata (striped snakehead)
  5. Heterobranchus didorsalis (African catfish)
  6. Clarotes laticeps (widehead catfish)
  7. Protopterus annectens (West African lungfish)
  8. Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (bagrid catfish)

Pronunciation

/ˈmʌdˌfɪʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mudfish.wav

Word forms

mudfish mudfishes

Etymology

From mud + fish.

Derived words

African mudfish American mudfish black mudfish brown mudfish Canterbury mudfish Chatham mudfish chevron snakehead common snakehead fundulus mudfish giant mudfish Northland mudfish Orange River mudfish snakehead mudfish snakehead murrel Tasmanian mudfish western mudfish
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